o Vivian Zheng ~ portfolio

ARTIST · ENGINEER · STORYTELLER

Vivian Zheng

I create visual experiences that bring together storytelling, technology, and playful ideas.

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Dance Animation

2D ANIMATION · 2026 · PERSONAL PROJECT

Dance Animation.
IDEA

Turn a friend's movement and personality into a personal animated gift.

PROCESS

Translate choreography into short-form, frame-by-frame 2D animation.

MAKING

Manually draw each frame to explore rhythm, fluidity, and bodily expression.

RESULT

An animation that celebrates a friend while turning distance into something visual and personal.

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The Synapse Cap

SPECULATIVE DESIGN · CONCEPT · 2026

A speculative wearable interface for turning ideas into digital creations.
IDEA

Imagine a wearable that lets people see their ideas without first having to physically make them.

PROCESS

Develop the concept from brain activity and sensors to a computer that receives the user's thoughts.

MAKING

Design the cap as a speculative system with internal components, LEDs, and a laptop connection.

RESULT

A future-facing concept that asks how technology could change the distance between thinking and making.

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Jefflix Trailer

PROMOTIONAL FILM · 2024 · VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Trailer to promote yearbook.
IDEA

Turn a traditional yearbook sales pitch into an entertainment-style trailer.

PROCESS

Build the promotional concept around the theme and creative labor behind the yearbook.

MAKING

Use a high-energy campaign video to show what it feels like to create the yearbook.

RESULT

An engaging promotional piece designed to drive sales while building school pride.

WHAT I MAKE

Different mediums, one curiosity.

DON'T TRIP Film, people & storytelling.

Documenting the energy and people behind a production.

DANCE ANIMATION Movement, drawing & personal storytelling.

Using animation to turn movement and distance into something personal.

SYNAPSE CAP Technology, imagination & ideas.

Exploring what could happen when creative ideas meet technology.

JEFFLIX Communication, promotion & visual design.

Turning a message into something people want to watch.

I like using creative technology and visual media to turn ideas into experiences.

ABOUT

Hi, I'm Vivian.

I like making things that probably shouldn't exist—but somehow do.

I'm an artist and engineer interested in the intersection of technology, storytelling, and visual media. I like using creative tools to turn ideas into experiences people can watch, interact with, and remember.

CONTACT

Let's make something.

vivianzheng@ucsb.edu